Promoting bacillus cereus spore germination for subsequent inactivation by mild heat treatment

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 74, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2079-2089

  Loøvdal, Irene Stranden ^a   Hovda, Maria Befring ^a   Granum, Per Einar ^b   Rosnes, Jan Thomas ^a  

^a NOFIMA   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL SPORE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD SAFETY; HEAT; HUMAN; MEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACILLUS CEREUS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD SAFETY; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MEAT PRODUCTS; SPORES, BACTERIAL;

EID: 82955193352     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-11-292     Document Type: Article

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